adj
smudgy
Smudgy (adj) means Covered with smudges.
adj
1
Covered with smudges.
"As you know, an ordinary unhairy face like yours or mine simply gets a bit smudgy if it is not washed often enough, and there's nothing so awful about that. But a hairy face is a very different matter."
— Roald Dahl, The Twits (1979)
2
Thick and smoky, like smoke from a smudge pot.
3
Wet with rain or drizzle.
""Smudgy day," she said. Allmen didn't understand. "It's raining from north, south, east, and west," she said. "Aha. And that's known as smudgy?" "By me it is.""
— Martin Suter, Allmen and the Pink Diamond (2019)
4
Hot and humid or stuffy; sweltering.
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Etymology
Formed from smudge (“blemish; dense smoke; to obscure by smearing; to stifle”) and -y. The sense "rainy" relates to a dialectal use of smudge to mean drizzling rain.
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What is the meaning of smudgy?
"smudgy" (adj) means covered with smudges.
What is the opposite of smudgy?
The opposite of "smudgy" is clean.
What are the different meanings of smudgy?
"smudgy" has 3 main meanings: 1. Covered with smudges; 2. Thick and smoky, like smoke from a smudge pot; 3. Wet with rain or drizzle.
